Bloomberg columnists will join owner’s presidential campaign

David Shipley, Tim O’Brien and other members of the Bloomberg Opinion board responsible for editorials will take a leave of absence to join Michael Bloomberg’s campaign, reports Lauren Hirsch and Brian Schwartz of CNBC.

Hirsch and Schwartz report, “O’Brien has a history with Trump himself. He published a book titled ‘TrumpNation’ in the early 2000′s, where he claimed Trump was not a billionaire. Trump sued O’Brien soon after the book was released but the case was later dismissed.

“Columnists will continue to ‘speak for themselves’ and take some op-ed articles from outsiders, though not those on the election, said Micklethwait.

“In a separate memo from Mike Bloomberg to Bloomberg News employees on Sunday, the newly announced candidate said that during his campaign, he will turn leadership of the company over to a management committee.”

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